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Account ownership (bank or mobile money), % of adults: ranking of countries

145 countries ranked by their latest value (2021–2024). Iceland is highest at 99.9%; South Sudan is lowest at 5.8%.

World 78.7% (2024)Median country 72.7%145 countries
Account ownership: world and regions, 1994–2024
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
0%25%50%75%100%2011201320152017201920212023WorldWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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All 145 countries

Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.

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#CountryRegionAccount ownershipYearRelative
1IcelandEurope & Central Asia99.9%2024
2FinlandEurope & Central Asia99.8%2024
3AustriaEurope & Central Asia99.5%2024
4United KingdomEurope & Central Asia99.3%2024
5FranceEurope & Central Asia99.2%2024
6NetherlandsEurope & Central Asia99.2%2024
7LithuaniaEurope & Central Asia99.0%2024
8EstoniaEurope & Central Asia98.9%2024
9SloveniaEurope & Central Asia98.7%2024
10DenmarkEurope & Central Asia98.7%2024
11SwedenEurope & Central Asia98.6%2024
12NorwayEurope & Central Asia98.6%2024
13JapanEast Asia & Pacific98.5%2024
14SwitzerlandEurope & Central Asia98.4%2024
15CanadaNorth America98.4%2024
16SpainEurope & Central Asia98.4%2024
17GermanyEurope & Central Asia98.3%2024
18IrelandEurope & Central Asia98.3%2024
19MongoliaEast Asia & Pacific98.3%2024
20BelgiumEurope & Central Asia98.2%2024
21AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific98.0%2024
22SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific98.0%2024
23New ZealandEast Asia & Pacific97.9%2024
24Hong KongEast Asia & Pacific97.3%2024
25United StatesNorth America97.0%2024
26South KoreaEast Asia & Pacific96.9%2024
27MaltaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan96.6%2024
28CyprusEurope & Central Asia96.1%2024
29LatviaEurope & Central Asia95.0%2024
30CroatiaEurope & Central Asia92.6%2024
31CzechiaEurope & Central Asia92.3%2024
32SlovakiaEurope & Central Asia92.2%2024
33ThailandEast Asia & Pacific91.8%2024
34PortugalEurope & Central Asia91.4%2024
35IranMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan91.1%2024
36KenyaSub-Saharan Africa90.1%2024
37MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa89.6%2024
38ChinaEast Asia & Pacific89.4%2024
39IsraelMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan89.3%2024
40IndiaSouth Asia89.0%2024
41MalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific88.7%2024
42GreeceEurope & Central Asia88.6%2024
43UkraineEurope & Central Asia87.6%2024
44VenezuelaLatin America & Caribbean87.3%2024
45KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia87.0%2024
46HungaryEurope & Central Asia87.0%2024
47BrazilLatin America & Caribbean86.4%2024
48PolandEurope & Central Asia86.1%2024
49ItalyEurope & Central Asia86.0%2024
50United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan85.7%2021
51ChileLatin America & Caribbean85.1%2024
52BulgariaEurope & Central Asia84.7%2024
53North MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia84.3%2024
54SerbiaEurope & Central Asia83.3%2024
55BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan82.3%2024
56ArgentinaLatin America & Caribbean81.7%2024
57Sri LankaSouth Asia81.7%2024
58TürkiyeEurope & Central Asia81.6%2024
59GhanaSub-Saharan Africa81.2%2024
60South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa81.1%2024
61RussiaEurope & Central Asia79.3%2024
62Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan78.8%2024
63GeorgiaEurope & Central Asia78.8%2024
64Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope & Central Asia77.5%2024
65SenegalSub-Saharan Africa76.5%2024
66MontenegroEurope & Central Asia75.4%2024
67Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & Caribbean74.6%2024
68KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan74.5%2024
69UruguayLatin America & Caribbean73.7%2024
70JamaicaLatin America & Caribbean73.3%2021
71NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa72.9%2024
72UgandaSub-Saharan Africa72.8%2024
73ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa72.7%2024
74KyrgyzstanEurope & Central Asia72.3%2024
75ArmeniaEurope & Central Asia71.4%2024
76Costa RicaLatin America & Caribbean71.4%2024
77RomaniaEurope & Central Asia71.3%2024
78VietnamEast Asia & Pacific70.6%2024
79OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan69.5%2024
80GabonSub-Saharan Africa68.2%2024
81BelizeLatin America & Caribbean68.0%2024
82EswatiniSub-Saharan Africa65.1%2024
83Dominican RepublicLatin America & Caribbean64.8%2024
84EcuadorLatin America & Caribbean64.5%2024
85KosovoEurope & Central Asia64.2%2024
86PanamaLatin America & Caribbean64.1%2024
87NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa63.3%2024
88LesothoSub-Saharan Africa61.6%2024
89BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa61.4%2024
90ParaguayLatin America & Caribbean60.9%2024
91CameroonSub-Saharan Africa60.9%2024
92NepalSouth Asia60.0%2024
93TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa59.8%2024
94UzbekistanEurope & Central Asia59.7%2024
95PeruLatin America & Caribbean59.3%2024
96Côte d'IvoireSub-Saharan Africa57.6%2024
97TogoSub-Saharan Africa57.4%2024
98ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean57.1%2024
99BoliviaLatin America & Caribbean56.8%2024
100IndonesiaEast Asia & Pacific56.3%2024
101AzerbaijanEurope & Central Asia56.3%2024
102Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa55.6%2024
103MoldovaEurope & Central Asia55.5%2024
104MaliSub-Saharan Africa54.7%2024
105TajikistanEurope & Central Asia54.5%2024
106MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa54.4%2024
107MexicoLatin America & Caribbean53.0%2024
108LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa52.2%2024
109BeninSub-Saharan Africa51.8%2024
110Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa51.4%2024
111MalawiSub-Saharan Africa50.4%2024
112PhilippinesEast Asia & Pacific50.2%2024
113ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa49.5%2024
114EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa48.8%2024
115MyanmarEast Asia & Pacific47.8%2021
116JordanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan46.5%2024
117AlbaniaEurope & Central Asia46.1%2024
118ComorosSub-Saharan Africa45.5%2024
119MoroccoMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan44.4%2024
120El SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean43.4%2024
121BangladeshSouth Asia43.3%2024
122EgyptMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan43.1%2024
123HondurasLatin America & Caribbean42.4%2024
124West Bank and GazaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan39.6%2024
125Democratic Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa39.2%2024
126CambodiaEast Asia & Pacific39.0%2024
127Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa38.6%2024
128GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean38.3%2024
129The GambiaSub-Saharan Africa38.2%2024
130TunisiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan37.8%2024
131LaosEast Asia & Pacific37.7%2024
132GuineaSub-Saharan Africa36.0%2024
133AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan35.3%2024
134LibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan33.1%2024
135IraqMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan30.2%2024
136MauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa27.3%2024
137PakistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan27.3%2024
138MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa24.5%2024
139NicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean23.5%2024
140LebanonMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan23.0%2024
141ChadSub-Saharan Africa20.9%2024
142NigerSub-Saharan Africa14.8%2024
143YemenMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan11.9%2022
144AfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan9.7%2021
145South SudanSub-Saharan Africa5.8%2021
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider (% of population ages 15+)